Chapter 18: I have to leave!
Sarah just store at Jareth for a few minutes, watching Jareth expression. She wanted to know if he was sincere or not. And she watched as he eyes began to look away from her. She finally took her hands from Jareth's and placed them on his face, gently forcing his head upwards so that he would look at her. When their eyes met Sarah smiled at him. But Jareth just looked blankly at her. *Am I being rejected by her again?* He thought. Then Sarah took index finger and slowly pushed a piece of hair away from Jareth's face.
"Jareth I thought you would never ask!" She screamed throwing her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly. Jareth just laughed. He knew that Sarah knew she had fooled him. And there was no other way of telling her otherwise. Jareth scooped her up into his arms and carried her to the bed. He was kissing her frantically.
"Jareth what are you doing?"
"I am getting the most of you that I can, before I have to leave!"
"Leave!" Sarah said pulling herself up to sit down, forcing Jareth to stop.
"Yes Sarah, I have to leave today to go to a meeting with the other kingdoms to plan for a voting."
"A voting? For what?"
"Well that a certain person is dead, being the head king over all of the other kingdoms. I have to go and decide who I think will be the next good king, for the Half-ground."
"Jareth?"
"Yes, my love."
"Well if I am going to be your queen…"
"Yes?"
"Well shouldn't I go too? I mean what am I going to do anyways? Do I have to learn anything?"
"Oh. Well yes of course. Well to answer to answer your first question. Only the kings of the worlds go."
"Oh!" Sarah blushed.
"And to answer your question about learning anything about being a queen, yes you will. But I will be the one who is going to teach you. And it will be tomorrow, when I return. Today, you are just going to relax and do what ever you want to do. I am sure that you are going to need to get use to being here."
"Yes I will have to agree with you on that one." She smiled.
"Well there is a good start, to being my queen. Now I must leave. But just to warn you. Being a future queen, you are not allowed to leave the castle unless with the king himself. So please stay inside the castle walls!" Jareth begged.
"Okay, but why?"
"Just do as I say."
"Of course!"
"Thank you." Jareth sighed taking Sarah's hand and kissing it. He walked over to the door and turned around, bowed to Sarah. She bowed in return and he walked out of the room, leaving her alone. She got up from the bed and ran over to the door to see if he was still in sight so she could walk with him. He was. She called his name. He stopped and turned to look at her. She ran over to him, pulling up her gown so she did not trip on it.
"Jareth!"
"Yes…" Sarah pulled his face forward and kissed him as hard as she could.
"May I walk with you until you get to the door of the castle?"
"Of course." Jareth put out his arm, offering it to her. She smiled and linked her arm in his. They walked together down the rest of the hall. When they got to the door Jareth turned to her and ran his fingers through her hair.
"Jareth please come back soon." She begged.
"I will be back before you are even in your bed, my love." He took his arms and wrapped them around Sarah's waist, pulling her close to his body. She could feel the heat of his body against her exposed skin. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him gently.
"You better go before you are late Jareth."
Jareth nodded his head in agreement. He kissed her forehead and then opened the door and walked outside, turning into an owl. Sarah watched as he flew off.
